United Fund hits halfway mark on $15,000 goal in Sidney
Sidney United Fund reports 50 percent progress with $7,623 raised toward the $15,000 annual goal. Officials urge donors to contact Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce to contribute, noting the drive funds King’s Daughters, ARC, USO, Red Cross, Salvation Army, Boy and Girl Scouts and national health charities.
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Sidney
United Fund
Drive
Shakesman
Cheyenne County
King’s Daughters
Association For Retarded Citizens
USO
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Omaha
Parents Seek Safe Night as Halloween Fears Grow
Parents and schools nationwide seek safer Halloween amid tainted candy fears. In Spokane the Northwest Treasure Hunters Club runs a No Tricks in the Treats program with metal detectors in fire stations to spot metal objects in candy bags. The National Confectioners Association promotes Meet n Treat urging adults to supervise, visit neighbors, give sealed candy, keep hours reasonable, and use porch lights.
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Associated Press
Spokane
Wash
Northwest
Treasure Hunters Club
National Confectioners Association
Growers challenge grain deal pressure on wheat market
Labor's involvement questioned as growers blast the US Soviet grain agreement. Panelists Carl Bruns Frank Johansen and Robert Rauner warn the 6 million ton annual sales pact for five years starting 1976 strains farm prices. They cite possible fixes including a national wheat board or legal action against the federal government.
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David Hende
Soviet Union
National Wheat Board
Carl Bruns
Chappell
Frank Johansen
Bayard
Robert Rauner
Sidney
Bruns
Community readies for refugees in Sidney
A Southeast Asia refugee family of five to nine may reach Sidney within three weeks from Fort Chaffee or Camp Pendleton by Thanksgiving. Ayn Hahn, chair of the Refugee Resettlement Committee, urged locals to donate beds, furniture, clothing, kitchenware, and money, estimating at least $100 per member and likely over $1,000 to sustain them.
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Southeast Asia
Sidney
Ayn Hahn
Fort Chaffee
Ark
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Nancy McMillan
Daryl Conger
Tom Cotton
Bob Hahn
Power official to speak at Wheat Belt annual meeting
John Davenport head of government relations for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn will keynote Wheat Belt Public Power Districts annual meeting at Chappell High School Monday. Davenport is a veteran lobbyist with Capitol Hill ties and helped secure passage of REA financing law, known for expertise in power supply and farm price legislation.
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John Davenport
National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn
Washington
D.C
Wheat Belt Public Power District
Chappell High School
Davenport
Wheat Belt
Penn State University
Georgia
Texas
Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives
NRECA
Capitol Hill
Congress
Resolutions advance at Cheyenne County Wheat Growers meeting
The Cheyenne County Wheat Growers approved multiple resolutions in response to the longshoremen strike and grain export moratorium. They urged actions to stabilize prices, protect food supply, and boost farm programs, plus study foreign boards and promote a U S wheat board. Virgil Nelson was reelected president with other officers.
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Cheyenne County
Congress
Washington
Bruns
Jackson
National Association of Wheat Growers
Nebraska Wheat Growers Association
United States
State Association
Scottsbluff
Virgil Nelson
Potter
John Schoen
Gurley
Keith Rexroth
Dalton
Cheyenne County Wheat Hearts
Fred Kriesel
Lois Reimers
Wilford Nelson
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Panhandle
Labor
Rauner
State Department
George Meany
Foreign Agricultural Affairs
Earl Butz
Australia
Canada
Wheat Board
Congressional Agriculture Committee
Ford
Russia
Vail
Cole
Great Plains Wheat
Johansen
USDA
NAWG
Don Woodward
Nebraska
Rainer
Wheat Belt Meeting
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